# Install release with npm

Generate changelogs with a single command. Version 6.3.1 via npm; verified 2022-03-18.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:release
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g release
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:release
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/release>
- **Version:** 6.3.1
- **Source summary:** Generate changelogs with a single command
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/vercel/release#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/vercel/release>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/vercel/release#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/release/-/release-6.3.1.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/vercel/release/issues>
- **Published:** 2022-03-18T03:23:54.396Z
- **Last updated:** 2022-03-18T03:23:54.396Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- release (cli)

## Dependencies

- @octokit/rest
- args
- async-retry
- capitalize
- chalk
- configstore
- delay
- escape-goat
- fs-extra
- git-repo-name
- git-spawned-stream
- git-state
- git-username
- github-username
- inquirer
- node-fetch
- node-version
- opn
- ora
- random-string
- semver
- tagged-versions
- update-check

## Build dependencies

- @zeit/eslint-config-node
- @zeit/git-hooks
- eslint

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 6.3.1
- Package-manager updated: 2022-03-18
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/vercel/release
- warning: The package-manager record has not been updated in over a year.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for release. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 6.3.1
- **Version Count:** 68
- **Maintainers:** vercel-release-bot, zeit-bot, leo
- **Author:** leo
- **Publisher:** leerobinson
- **Integrity:** sha512-CbbxhelI6eFc9lrhQh9SH2NAl7kROKkJW0LFfzk8qrAowXxBcA08YLXpzNSmuFv9rFnbcMyAUDE7aCLNO6v2GQ==
- **Shasum:** 927d3ea6061e61b2b60880e5ebe0227efceefe7f
- **Unpacked Size:** 34,335
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2013-08-14T10:39:31.447Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2022-03-18T03:23:54.396Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-02-25T04:31:37.851Z


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [release-it](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/release-it/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: async, async-retry, git, github, inquirer.
- [release-please](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/release-please/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: async, async-retry, chalk, generate, git.
- [release-script](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/release-script/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: github, release, repo, semver.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph